Happy Birthday to Me!

09 Jun 2007
Happy Birthday to Me!

So today's my birthday. I'm celebrating my newfound 27-ness.

Bob woke me up this morning and insisted that I open his gifts. He gave me:
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The new Tori Amos CD!

-Season 7 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer on DVD!!

-A big, fluffy pink bath robe!!!

I wanted to open all my gifts tonight when Katie and PK got home from work, but Bob insisted that I open his gifts this morning because he knew I'd taken the day off work and wanted me to have something fun to do during the day. I can think of nothing better than absorbing the new Tori CD and watching Buffy all day in my warm, fluffy pink robe. He's a keeper!

I tend to get nostalgic around my birthday. I think about what's happened in the past year, big moments, achievements, setbacks, troubles...a year is still a long time, although the years feel shorter and shorter with every birthday that passes.

In my 26th year of life, I:

-Got hired on permanently in the Children's Heart Clinic. Yay!!!

-Battled through NZ immigration for another visa.

-Became housemates with a Sharpei named Ziggy.

-Went home to Denver for the first time in 18 months and got to spend time with my family.

-Discovered that Guinness gives me UTI's. Blech.

-Had one contraceptive malfunction that led to great stress (and great relief!)

-Got to see Colleen, Nicole, Matt A., Laura, and Andrew for the first time in ages!

-Found so many long-lost friends on Myspace. I love looking at my friends list and knowing that most of the people on there are people I actually know and love!

-Had to tell my family that I wasn't coming home from NZ any time soon.

-Realized that my parents are not immortal when my mom got really ill.

-Decided to move in with Bob and Matt R. (which will happen around August).

-Had countless laughs with Katie, but less "Days of Random" since moving into suburban nothingness.

-Experienced great happiness when my friend Gentiana moved back to NZ! (She's from Colorado, but we met here. Then she moved back to Colorado and I was very sad).

-Realized, after some toil and tribulation, that Bob and I are really good together. Double Yay!

-And now I'm battling through NZ immigration for yet ANOTHER work visa.

I'm sure there's plenty more that's happened in the past year of my life, but the new Tori CD is sucking me in at the moment and demanding my attention. Ah, bliss!